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Persecution of Christians in the USSR (view source)
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The '''persecution of Christians in the USSR''' has been the result of the violently atheist [[Soviet]] government. In the first five years after the [[October Revolution]], 28 bishops and 1,200 priests were murdered, many on the orders of [[Leon Trotsky]]. When [[Josef Stalin]] came to power in 1927, he ordered his secret police, under [[Genrikh Yagoda]] to intensify persecution of Christians. In the next few years, 50,000 clergy were murdered, many were [[torture]]d, including [[crucifixion]]. "Russia turned red with the blood of martyrs", said Father Gleb Yakunin of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,150718,00.html] According to Orthodox Church sources, as many as fifty million Orthodox believers may have died in the twentieth century, mainly from persecution by [[Communists]].
[[Category:Persecution of Christians]]
[[Category:Communism]]
[[Category:Orthodox Church]]
[[Category:Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Russian History]]